Child&#39;s garment



M C ALLEN CHILDS GARMENT Filed July 27, 1922 April 19, 1927.

was starts 1,625,184 arms.

MILDRED COALE ALLEN, OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS.

This invention relates to childrens ments, and has for its object toprovide new and improved adapted as a night garment.

in the accompanying drawings is illustrated where1n- Fig. 1 is a view ofing cut and before being showing one form of CHILDS GARMENT.

Application filed July 27, 1922. Serial No. 577,900.

gar a garment particularly The in vention the material after befoldedinto shape garment;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 after the parts have. Figs. 3 andtion where the front and been folded; lshow a modified construe back aremade is a view showing a further modiseparate and sewed together;

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Fig. 6 is a perspective method of fastening front portions of the Likenumerals refer view showing a the top ends of the garmei'i t.

to like parts through out the several figures.

The garment may pieces as desired. In instead of having ally from theform, I arrange tend perpendicularly, they be made in one or moreforming the garment,

the sleeves extend laterarment as is the ordinary the sleeves so thatthey exthat is to say, so that are in alignment longitudinally with thegarment, such sleeves extending from the upper end of the Referring nowto shown in Fig. 1, one

arment. the drawlngs I have form of garment made out of a single pieceof any suitable maform In this construction the body 1 of ed integralwith the the material for said sleeves projecting from the upper edge ofthe body portion and being in a with the body portion. folded over alongthe plane longitudinal The material ]S then lines 4 and and the edges ofthe sleeves sewn or otherwise fastened together, the g illustrated inFig. 2.

arment then being as The particular process of making the garment asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 is to cut away the upper corners as shown in Fig.1 so as to have the faces 3 and 2 and then cut away at the upper end acentral part 3 so a and 3, and then fold lines 4 and 5 and then s toleave the faces 3 the parts over on the fasten the inner long1-tudinally extending meeting edges of the cut away portions by sewing theedge of the cut away or otherwise portion 2 with the edge 3 and alsofastening by sewing or otherwise the edge 3 forming the garment.

with the edge 3", this Instead of having the sleeves integral with thegarment, they may be separate therefrom. The edges of the garment may befastened together by any suitable fastening means. For purposes ofillustration I have shown these edges as fastened by suitable tapes 7attached thereto having loose ends which may be joined.

In Figs. 3 and a I have shown a further modification where the front ofthe garment is made of a piece 1 and the back of a piece I", and thesetwo pieces are sewed or otherwise fastened together to form a garment.

In Fig. I have shown a further nnnlitimition, {illustrating a closedgarment. The ends of the sleeves 2 and. 3 are closed in any desiredmanner. For purposes of illustration I have shown these ends as beingclosed bythe stitching 10. V

The bottom portion after the child is in, may be folded up and may befastened in its folded position by any suitable fastening means, suchfor example as safety pins 11. This forms a closed bag and in additionto being a warm garment, prevents the child from sucking its finger orthumb.

The portions which form the front of the garment may be fastened to theback in any desired manner. I prefer, however, to fasten the frontportions in such a manner as to throw the bottom parts thereof towardeach other. Qne way of doing this is by lapping a portion of the upperend of the front portion over the back, and then sewing in thisposition, as shown for example in Fig. 6. In this figure, theoverlapping portion 12 which is triangular in shape is produced bypulling the upper end of the front portion upwardly, and this swings thelower ends toward each other and makes the angle at 12, that is theangle between the edge 14; of the front portion and the top neck portionof the back, that is to say an acute angle instead of a right angle. Inpractice I may make this angle such that the lower ends of the frontportions will overlap as illustrated in Fig. 2,

leaving at the top a space 15 between them which forms the neck openingof the garment. This construction also strengthens In the event thatlihe child sleeps on its stomach, the. corners of the front parliol thegarment can he turned bark to insure dryness of the garment in ease ofbed wetting, and Sl'lll make the necessary PIOH-Pcllfill to the hark.arms and shoulders of the child. The ointment may he made out of an;'snitahle material. and the proportione and arrangement varied to soilthe eoiu'lilions preseul'ed.

I have described in detail a particular eonstruetion Ollll.)()tl \'lll 5the invention lllll it in of eourefe evident lhal" the parts ma hevaried in many parlirularo wilhoul deparh ing from the spirit oi lheinvention Ill enihodied in the (lzlllllF herel'o appended. and l:l'herelore do not limit 1n v'-'=ell" lo {the parlienlar eonsfrnelimishown.

I claim l. A. ehilds garment mnnprieine' a hodv porlion. oleevreeonnwled will] the [op oi the body portion and extending lhere'lronisubstantially in longil'ndinal aliemnenl will: the hotly POl'llOlL s-aid-leever: heinoformed and extending upward 'l'roin the shoulder portionof the ejarmmit.

Q. The proeese of making a childs garinent'from a piece of materialwhich consists in removing a portion 01. The material from each 01 thetwo upper eorners, and a piece of material, 'lrom the center portion ofthe upper end e0 as lo leave two upwardly pr0- jeeliing parts at theupper end. and folding (he sides ol the piece of material inwardly and"Fastening the inner lone'iliulinally exl'ending' meeting edges ol saideul: away porl'iona together to Form the garment. garment eoinpriaino' ahody portion, proje iinn sleeve porriona at the upper end ol the llodyportion nuhealanl'ially in longitudinal alilrnmenl therewith. lhe outersecrioni-s of the hodv POliIlOl] and he sleeve porl'iona heinn' heni' soas lo overlap ll 2 adjarent porl'ionnl he 'lree lone iliuilinallyexlending' wln'ea ol the overlapping sleeve porliiona heineminneel'edlogrether. and HM ad- ;iaeenl edges ol (he overlapping eeeltionooi ihebody porlion heine ronneeted toner-her.

iened at llieaeo eonnla of (look and White o'l lllinois this Q-ll'h dayof July. 1922.

MIl'..DRl.tl-D COALE ALLEN.

